Greer officer suspended after bar brawl in Spartanburg

Published: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 9:18 p.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 9:18 p.m.

A Greer Police Department officer has been suspended following his arrest after a bar fight in Spartanburg on Tuesday, according to police.

Greer Police Lt. Jimmy Holcombe said Charles Jamison Smith, 24, of 523 Tilgate Court, Boiling Springs, has been suspended pending an investigation into the incident. Smith has been with the department for about two years, Holcombe said.

Smith has been charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing, according to online jail records.

A Spartanburg Public Safety Department report states that officers responded to Main Street Pub on West Main Street for a fight call about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived to find one man, Jamie Edward Pearson, 25, of 152 Dewfield Lane, Boiling Springs, with blood coming from his nose and mouth and yelling that he wanted to fight the owner of the bar, the report states. Several other people were also outside the business yelling.

The bar owner told police that bouncers began telling everyone to leave at closing time, and John Marc Dallas, 29, of 152 Dewfield Lane, Boiling Springs, pushed an employee and a fight broke out, the report states. Police looked at surveillance video and it showed employees asking Dallas to leave the business several times, and Pearson punching a bouncer, the report states.

After the punch was thrown, the disturbance spilled out into the street, where the owner was assaulted by Gregory Lee Stevens, 50, of 447 Cobblestone Drive, Inman. The report states that Gregory Stevens held the owner down by his throat, and Joshua Quintin Stevens, 21, also of 447 Cobblestone Drive, Inman, kicked the owner in the groin.

According to the report, Smith pushed a bartender into a skeet ball machine and was asked several times to leave the business but refused.

The bar owner and employees told police that they didn't want to press charges for the assaults, the report states.

Dallas and Pearson were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, and Gregory Stevens and Joshua Stevens were charged with disorderly conduct, according to online jail records.

All five men involved have been released from the Spartanburg County Detention Facility.

<p>A Greer Police Department officer has been suspended following his arrest after a bar fight in Spartanburg on Tuesday, according to police.</p><p>Greer Police Lt. Jimmy Holcombe said Charles Jamison Smith, 24, of 523 Tilgate Court, Boiling Springs, has been suspended pending an investigation into the incident. Smith has been with the department for about two years, Holcombe said.</p><p>Smith has been charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing, according to online jail records.</p><p>A Spartanburg Public Safety Department report states that officers responded to Main Street Pub on West Main Street for a fight call about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday. Officers arrived to find one man, Jamie Edward Pearson, 25, of 152 Dewfield Lane, Boiling Springs, with blood coming from his nose and mouth and yelling that he wanted to fight the owner of the bar, the report states. Several other people were also outside the business yelling.</p><p>The bar owner told police that bouncers began telling everyone to leave at closing time, and John Marc Dallas, 29, of 152 Dewfield Lane, Boiling Springs, pushed an employee and a fight broke out, the report states. Police looked at surveillance video and it showed employees asking Dallas to leave the business several times, and Pearson punching a bouncer, the report states.</p><p>After the punch was thrown, the disturbance spilled out into the street, where the owner was assaulted by Gregory Lee Stevens, 50, of 447 Cobblestone Drive, Inman. The report states that Gregory Stevens held the owner down by his throat, and Joshua Quintin Stevens, 21, also of 447 Cobblestone Drive, Inman, kicked the owner in the groin.</p><p>According to the report, Smith pushed a bartender into a skeet ball machine and was asked several times to leave the business but refused.</p><p>The bar owner and employees told police that they didn't want to press charges for the assaults, the report states.</p><p>Dallas and Pearson were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct, and Gregory Stevens and Joshua Stevens were charged with disorderly conduct, according to online jail records.</p><p>All five men involved have been released from the Spartanburg County Detention Facility.</p>